Template:ha-noun

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This template should be used for all common nouns in Hausa.

Parameters

Main

There are three main positional parameters, two of which are required:

|1= (required)

The noun's gender, which must be one of the following:

  • m for masculine
  • f for feminine
  • p for plural (for nouns that have no singular form)
|2= (required)

The headword, which must be marked for tone and vowel length as described at Wiktionary:Hausa entry guidelines.

|3= (optional)

The plural form of the noun, if present.

Additional

All other parameters are optional and can be used to specify additional forms or suppress automatic generation:

  • |f=: Feminine equivalent (for masculine nouns)
  • |f2=, |f3=: Additional feminine forms
  • |g2=: Alternate gender
  • |pl2=, |pl3=: Alternative plural forms
  • |pos=: Irregular possessed form
    • Use |pos=- to suppress possessed form generation

Notes

  • All forms (headword, plurals, possessed, feminine) must include appropriate diacritics.
  • The template automatically generates possessed forms unless suppressed or manually specified.

Examples

{{ha-noun|f|màcḕ|mātā}}
{{ha-noun|m|mùtûm|mutā̀nē|f=mùtūnìyā}}
{{ha-noun|m|yārṑ|yârā|f=yārinyā̀}}